Cool, Henry! Although deer can do a lot of damage to a garden. I did find a rabbits nest one spring when I was uncovering my roses.

Oh how precious!!! No I cannot top that :) you must have a Disney magic garden

Oh, Henry, that is so precious. I've had several deer foal in my lower yard and nothing is as dear. The moms leave them in some secluded spot for the day and pic them up in the night. I remember watching them run up to her bleating to feed while she cleaned them. They're very good moms. Where was yours hiding? I was totally shocked when one was perfectly hidden behind a large fern in my upper beds before I closed them off. Another time it was hiding behind the wood pile and yet another nestled by New Dawn and a fence! Don't be surprised if you find another. Most of mine have been twins. Your yard must be heaven, but I encourage you NOT to encourage them. They follow scent trails, so they'll bring their friends.

As to where it was located. Believe it or not it was right next to a statue of Jesus and near a large rock that was on the property when we moved in.

We have a large wooden 8 foot fence along the back of the property (we had to put it up as our back neighbor had horses that loved our roses) and deer often bed down there in very cold weather. Our neighbors who had to leave early for work used to report lots of deer sightings near our property. I had a thousand roses and I hybridized so the garden was full of hips.

Deer and rabbits are both highly destructive. I have problems with both. I have had to chase both of them out of the yard. I have seen plenty of evidence of munching without a permit in my garden. Some deer live in the wooded area across the street from me in the middle of town. You don't want to encourage any of them no matter how cute they may be.

At Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA there is a deer fence around the rose garden that is about 9 ft tall I would guess. You have to go through a gate to get in. The deer damage was so bad that they had to install the fence because the deer would eat the rose canes almost down to the bud grafts. So I would say beware of the deer.

the_bustopher - "munching without a permit" LOL

Henry - I don't get deer in my yard...so I can be totally in love with your deer story while giving no warnings. :)

That's an amazing and lovely find! A very rare experience.

Last year I discovered this baby deer - not much bigger than an average size cat - intently poking it's nose into the mesh of my fence, trying to get inside the yard, like it thought it belonged inside (...not!...). I had never seen a deer this young and wondered how old it was.

This morning the baby deer was gone.

In case you wondered how I could hybridize roses with deer around. When I pollinated a bloom, I placed the bloom (still attached to the bush) in a small clear plastic zip lock bag (available in craft stores). Often I punched many small holes in the bag so as to not "cook" the hip. Some other hybridizers surround the pollinated hip with aluminum foil.

I use the foil on my hips. The neighbors think it's hilarious to see all these tin foil lollipops on my roses, lol! But it works!

They sure are beautiful. I bet baby deer get pretty nervous with their moms gone all day. I've seen baby rabbits here and some dead baby rabbits. Glad we don't have deer in our yard but we do see them pretty nearby. My brother took care of a baby deer for awhile and said it wagged its tail to see him. I heard of some people who rescued a deer and it became a pet. The authorities had the animal euthanized because it's illegal to keep one that way. Some laws seem to matter, some don't.

Missmary - yes!!! What a wee deer! It must have been very newly born!

Henry, I had the same thing happen a few weeks ago. I was out one morning and discovered this tiny baby deer that was the size of a cat in my front yard, by the edge of my fence. I was worried because it was so close to my house, but I watched it from inside for a couple of days and the mother deer would come back every night around sunset to feed and clean the baby. After about 3 days, the deer finally got the strength to walk and it slowly followed the mother deer into the woods. The baby would usually cry out later in the day, but I just watched from inside and the mother would always eventually return.

As much as I don't love deer near my gardens, it was pretty special to see it all unfold :) Hopefully you'll see some of the same magic. Mark and Missmary, I love your photos! Mary, that's just about the size of the tiny one that was in my yard-

Awwwww!!! :)

Just beautiful. I want all those little babies to make it and yet I know there's such a thing as deer overpopulation.